Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Kelly Lee Curtis (born June 17, 1956) was an American actress. She was known for her roles in Magic Sticks (1987), and The Devil's Daughter (1991). Kelly Curtis was born in Santa Monica, California, the eldest child of actors Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh. Her sister is actress Jamie Lee Curtis (born 1958). Her paternal grandparents were Hungarian-Jewish immigrants and two of her maternal great-grandparents were Danish. The rest of her mother’s ancestry is German and Scots-Irish. She has four half-siblings, from her father's remarriages, Alexandra Curtis (born July 19, 1964); Allegra Curtis (born July 11, 1966); Nicholas Curtis (December 21, 1970 – July 2, 1994), who died of a drug overdose; and Benjamin Curtis (born May 2, 1973). Curtis' first appearance on the silver screen was as a young girl in the United Artists action/adventure The Vikings (1958) starring her parents, as well as Kirk Douglas and Ernest Borgnine. Her parents divorced in 1962, after which her mother married Robert Brandt (1927-2009). In 1978, she graduated from Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York, with a degree in Business. She worked briefly as a stockbroker. …
Movies & TV Shows
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Trading Places (1983) — Muffy
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) — Miss Sarda
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The Vikings (1958) — Young Girl (uncredited)
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The Sect (1991) — Miriam Kreisl
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Hunter (1984) — Amy Rivers
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Judging Amy (1999) — Leslie Wirth
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The Equalizer (1985) — Paula Whitaker
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The Sentinel (1996) — Carolyn Plummer
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Silk Stalkings (1991) — Sarah Lawton
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False Arrest (1991) — Mary Durand
- Ex-Cop (1993) — Officer
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Hello Actors Studio (1988) — Self
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Magic Sticks (1987) — Shirley
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Kojak: Ariana (1989) — Whitley
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Thanksgiving Day (1990) — Barbara Schloss
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The Renegades (1983) — Cynthia Holtson
- LateLine (1998) — Shelly